octateuch

octateuch
/ok"teuh toohk', -tyoohk'/, n.
the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
[1670-80; < LL octateuchus < Gk oktáteuchos, equiv. to okta- OCTA- + teûchos container for scrolls]

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